At a glance
You're making spiced pumpkin cupcakes loaded with dark chocolate and topped with a dreamy mascarpone frosting. The prep involves roasting pumpkin and mixing a few different components together, so plan for about 25 minutes of hands-on time before they bake for roughly half an hour.
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Pumpkin purée
Boil or roast the pumpkin without any seasoning, then blend it until smooth.
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Dry ingredients
Mix together the dry ingredients – flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
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Wet mixture
Fit your stand mixer with the whisk attachment and beat the butter with both sugars first. Then add the eggs and keep beating for a good while. Add the vanilla extract as well.
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